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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two satirical cartoon sketches with accompanying editorial commentary. The left illustration, titled "Prevarication," depicts two figures in winter clothing engaged in dialogue, apparently illustrating dishonesty or evasion of truth. The right illustration shows another figure, though its specific subject is unclear from the visible text. The editorial sections discuss various political and social matters of the era, including commentary on Democratic newspapers, civil service reform, and gender-related social customs. One notable section titled "A Passing Countenance" satirizes casual encounters on New York streets and social indifference. Without clearer identification of the specific figures or dated context, the precise political targets remain uncertain, though the overall tone is characteristic of Judge's late-19th-century satirical approach to contemporary politics and social behavior.

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PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK. 5 W. 3. Aweent Haney R Mat Rersnanv Guan 1M. Onxnoy Art Department Faitor TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. POREION SUBSCRIPTIONS—T0 all foreign cmantries in the poatal m, $a year. THE JUDGE PUBLISHING ComPANy (Porter BUILDINo),” * Park Row, New York, £87 We guarantee advertisers a laryer elreulation at cheaper rates than'any Amer- Jean satirteal paper published. ‘THE WIDESPREAD MENTION of Fitz Hugh Lee as the Democratic candidate for vice-president would seem to indicate that the lost causo has been partially recovered. ANDREW JACKSON WOULD have gone to St. Louis if he had had to do the journey on foot or on horseback. Still, it may be that discre- tion is the better part of Jacksonianisn A CONTEMPORARY SAYS Mr. Evarts was a home-stayer during the war. The contemporary forgets that Mr. Evarts didu’t decideas to the merits of the controversy until some time in 1876. ‘ WHO has nominated ex-President Hayes to the next Jently wants to be Mr. Hayes is a but so was the Joux Russet Youno would restrict professional incomes to $20,000 year, There is nothing generous in that. We went so far as to restrict ours to $19,000 as much as twenty years ago. THE SYSTEM NOT YET PERFECT. A man in office at Washing- ton under the civil-service idea died after many years of service, and a deficiency in his accounts amounts to many thousands of dollars. The civil-service idea must be improved. There must bea provision that the faithful rvant’s accounts shall be buried with him. KLING 18 ONE of the en popular men, nid he deserves everything good be said of him. Go ill, he is the chief tion of the great crowd, and nw is never disappointed. If this were the period for kings, what a king he would be ! but it isn't, you know—it is the epoch for the people. Laoy oF novse (wiping away a tear Tue PACT THAT the editor of the JuDGE got one »as a popular man leads the Buffalo Express to say it yentleman retains his old opin' jimself. at is true enough; but it must have struck the Ex- press us curious that he didn't lead the entire list. Still, in these days of bribery and misrepresentation nobody knows what to expect. DARN A PLY! residence with flies in it is on zation, There is no neces like amount of netting spectacle of a fly: i for flies. and there evidences shame, We must and various ed as with the m ave the Democratic party in some ds of smaller crime are not to ped; but a house with a fly in it is an offence manner e and decent custom, e Mr. Billings ina only volumes but all “Darna fl paragraph which comprised n Gets around em inside of vest an “tsa cold day PREVARICATION. Tramp — Can you assist an old soldier who [lost a son there myself, ‘Tuaur—* May the blessings of an unfortunate warrior rest upon you, lady.” libraries. It is the language of the universal world. Darn That mild little, insinuating thing that purposes no severe pai kills you by incessantly annoying attention—darn afly! He ix He has no appreciation of the tolerance of kindly civility. 1}. created to make it apparent that the gentle summer was meant for deceptive purposes, One can tolerate a mosquito long eno: to kill. him, and a wasp is not so bad; but darn a fly with his genticness of method and his intolerable perseverance! And when it easy to get rid of him it is so exasperating to think that he is t or perhaps encouraged, by any decent manager of a hotel or a | hold. IF ANYBODY WANTS to find the meanest things uttered aganist the president let him consult the Democratic newspapers, such as the Sun and the World. This is not a funny parayraph, but it refers toa mighty curious fact that will presently attract more attention than it does now. ‘As I repeatedly tell Grover,” casually riiarks Mrs. Cleveland, ‘‘ what he most wants is to be saved from his partisan newspaper friends.” is 80 sted, use A PASSING COUNTENANCE. New York is good in that it is like no other place in the world, You know and care for nobody and nobody knows and cares for you. In the house across the street there appears occasionally a pleasing fi Ata little distance appearances are deceptive, but it is as pretty to you as if it had had the indorsement of the prince of Wales. It may have the white cap of the id or the gloves of the mistress who cusually does the household work, You do not know. You do not care, It is a pretty pic ture that comes to you ea day, and son itself down town. Ni might not be attractive. the street itis. You rarely think of it. You see it and it is an in- definable pleasure that goes out with and comes in with the morn- ing and theeveningdews. Some day you look across the street and there are unusual ca there. Is it a funeral or a wed- ding ?—the outside appearances of the two are somewhat the same. You do not know. Itis a practical world, largely given to hard work. You do not care. It isa matter of no consequence, Next morning the person with the maid's cap and the mistress’s gloves is gong. That is quite odd. It is acurious and a rather regretful circumstan: are reminded to look for it as the mornings come and go. It was so mean in that person not to let yon know something of her in- tentions and her destiny! You never cared for it before, but on the whole she might have been more considerate, Dil the pretty face perish from the earth, or did it yo off to perpetuate itself in the composite reproduction that runs through time? It is of no consequence. No- body cares. It was justa pretty face, with or without the maid’s cap or the mistress’s gloves. But how nice it wa nd how long it will live —for what avarice of possession the mind and the memory ha’ LittLe MaRsHALL P. WILDER wa the prince of Wales,‘ Hah!” graciously. * Happy to see you. pect the rest of yourself 7” NO RADICALS . The propositions to abolish the corset, the skirt, and the various things which distinguish the universtl woman from the other sex are worthy of considera: tion. But they must not go too far. There must not be so much change that the woman will not be left in her entirety. As to herself she must remain where she is, The Lord knew what he was about when he resumes ar by it Across ft an arm at Gettysburg. ma‘am Here's a dollar. ntroduced to When do you ex- ler, pullshand from i slecve-fa| have to cou fess that the arm I left was.a musket,*+ produced her, and however she usurps the dress of comicbooks.com